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    The surname Lor

    A surname, carried by 11,479 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L600

    Lor: #3,149 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lor #3,149, 11,479 people Lor: #3,149 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lor #3,149, 11,479 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lor is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,479 people named Lor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,897 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,061.

    #3,149
    rank among US surnames
    11,479
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +42.4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,053)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,140Ruelas11,50526,836
    #3,141Grigsby11,50126,845
    #3,142Maciel11,50026,847
    #3,144Steffen11,49426,861
    #3,145Blalock11,49326,864
    #3,146Levesque11,49026,871
    #3,147Forsythe11,48926,873

    Who is named Lor

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Lor identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lor

    Lor has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lor?
    11,479 people in the United States had the surname Lor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,897 Americans. It ranked 3,149th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lor?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Lor identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lor getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,479 in 2010, up 42%.